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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has welcomed the announcement by the Spanish State Secretary for European Affairs, Diego Lopez Garrido, and the President of the Asturias Region, Vicente Alvarez Areces, that Spain and the…

8th July 2009

Commission welcomes Spains offer to host 2010 European Maritime Day

8th July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Mainstream Group, the Norwegian based salmon farming company, has placed an order for an additional 28 PLEXUS® nets made of Dyneema®.

1st July 2009

Confidence boosted with Dyneema® nets

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

World Trade Exhibitions has announced the launch of the AQA Conference 2009.

1st July 2009

AQA Conference to be launched at WFE and AQA 2009

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture Technology is the name of an Austrian based company which develops and exports innovative technology for use within fish production, as well as offering various services and consulting in the field…

1st July 2009

Innovative technology for fish production

1st July 2009

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Galician company ROTOGAL S.L. has launched its new range of products, aimed at the majority of the fishing industry.

1st July 2009

New products – new solutions

1st July 2009

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Keeping track of fish boxes within the fishing industry has always been a substantial and expensive problem.

1st July 2009

Newly developed fish box tag and RFID gate

1st July 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The core issue is how the EP reflects the interests of fishing community worldwide when it deals with the EU Commission (EC) and Council of Ministers (CoM) in reform of the Common…

1st July 2009

Tactics and the new European Parliament

1st July 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Activities by petroleum companies such as drilling for oil have also been a factor.Now, reports Andrew Martin, a Norwegian company is carrying out trials with an artificial reef concept called SeaCult, which…

1st July 2009

Artificial reefs can save the world’s oceans

1st July 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Just abuse or semi-slavery - news such as this coming from South Africa on the abuse of Vietnamese and Indonesian crews onboard oceanic fishing vessels and previous ones of the labour conditions…

1st July 2009

A deadly combination

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group BMV, signed a contract for delivery of two of the worlds most advanced pelagic trawlers and research vessels to Aqueda Shipping Limited and Mariora…

1st July 2009

Contract for world-leading supertrawlers

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Joe Borg, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime affairs, welcomed the frank and open discussion held in the Ministers for Fisheries meeting in Council in Brussels recently, which demonstrated the support of…

1st July 2009

EC discusses phasing out discards

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Food standard certifier GLOBALGAP will offer an expansion to its program so aquaculture producers can be certified in one step for implementing practices that help ensure the production of safe food in…

1st July 2009

WWF and GlobalGap partner a course to aquaculture certification

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Commerce Department has announced the appointment of 30 new and returning members to the eight regional fishery management councils – important partners with NOAA’s Fisheries Service in determining how ocean fisheries…

1st July 2009

Secretary of Commerce names 30 to Fishery Management Councils

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has presented to Council its Communication on the implementation of the 2006-08 Action Plan for simplifying and improving the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

1st July 2009

Simplification of fisheries rule is a success

1st July 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport has been awarded a contract valued at approximately C$1 million to supply its SQX-1 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to an international geodetic survey company.

1st July 2009

Marport awarded contract for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

1st July 2009

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The MSC has launched a new online search tool which allows suppliers of sustainable seafood to be easily found and contacted. The search is at http://cert.msc.org/supplierdirectory.

1st July 2009

New online search tool for sustainable seafood suppliers and buyers

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New data released by ICES reveals that numbers of cod in the North Sea sufficiently mature to reproduce are now 40% higher than their average since the turn of the 21st century.

1st July 2009

New science reveals 40% increase in North Sea cod stocks

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Danish Pelagic Producers’ Organisation (DPPO) North Sea herring fishery has passed its MSC assessment in just 10 months.

1st July 2009

Danish herring fishery gets MSC certified in 10 months

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Pew Environment Group and EU Transparency have launched fishsubsidy.org, a website which presents detailed data of the European fisheries subsidies paid between 1994 and 2006.

1st July 2009

Pew and EU Transparency launch fishsubsidy.org

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MSC certification of the Ekofish Group North Sea twin rigged otter trawl plaice fishery was announced on 4 June 2009. The Group is the first in Europe to obtain independent certification for…

1st July 2009

Ekofish Group North Sea twin rigged otter trawl plaice MSC certified

1st July 2009